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The House of the Paladin

by Violet Needham

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Welcome Stranger

by Lenora Mattingly Weber

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The Encyclopaedia of Girls' School Stories: Volume One

by Sue Sims

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“To cheapen the lives of any group of men, cheapens the lives of all men, even our own. This is a law of human psychology, or human nature. And it will not be repealed by our wishes, nor will it be merciful to our blindness.”
― William Pickens

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“I have sworn upon the altar of god, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”
― Thomas Jefferson

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